Bashir Ahmad has been appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari as his personal assistant on New media.
Bashir, 24, an indigene of Kano state, who until his appointment was the Online Editor (Hausa) for Leadership Newspaper.
He graduated from Bayero University Kano in 2013, with Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication and worked as an online editor and reporter at Rariya Hausa Newspaper before joining Leadership as an online editor.
Bashir, until his appointment also worked as the personal assistant on new media to the publisher of Leadership, Sam Nda-Isaiah who contested alongside President Buhari for the All Progressives Congress, APC’s presidential ticket for the 2015 election.
He later served at the Buhari Support Organization (BSO) prior to the presidential elections.
The new presidential aide will oversee Buhari’s communication on social media and related platforms.